Blackspotted puffer
Sumu akiliwaHula: Kidogo cha kila kituSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumuThe blackspotted puffer is a small tropical sea fish that lives on coral reefs and in lagoons across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is poisonous rather than venomous, so it is dangerous to eat but does not bite or sting.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Small, oval, rounded body with no scales; the skin is smooth.1
- Short snout with two pairs of nostrils and four strong teeth.1
- Background colour varies: grey, light brown, bluish, bright yellow or orangey yellow, and sometimes two colours such as blue and yellow.1
- Skin covered in dark blotches of varying size and shape.1
- Dark colouring around the eyes and mouth.1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The yellow colour forms are very similar to those of Arothron meleagris, but they can be told apart. The fully yellow form is much rarer in this species (about 1% of individuals, compared with 10% in A. meleagris). It usually keeps dark markings around the mouth, eyes and base of the dorsal fin, while A. meleagris is uniformly yellow with black spots.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
It is not venomous. It holds tetrodotoxin, a deadly poison that protects it from predators.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.Its tetrodotoxin is deadly. The risk comes from eating or handling the fish.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
When threatened, it inflates its body by swallowing air or water.1
Mtu akimgusa au kumla
- Mtu akimla au akipata dalili baada ya kumla: piga namba ya dharura au kituo cha taarifa za sumu mara moja.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Ukimgusa au kumla: usisugue macho wala mdomo, nawa mikono na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.
Hakuwindi wewe. Sumu yake ipo tu ili asiliwe na yeyote. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 10 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 45Blackspotted puffer ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Its tetrodotoxin poison is strong enough to protect it from predators.1
It has no scales, and its skin is covered with dark blotches.1
It has no pelvic fins and no lateral line.1
It is active during the day and lives alone, defending its own territory.1
It has four strong teeth set in a terminal mouth.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Arothron nigropunctatus
- Kundi
- Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
- Familia
- Tetraodontidae2
- Mpangilio
- Tetraodontiformes
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Hatari kwa watu
- 4 / 5: Hatari sana3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Blackspotted puffer (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Arothron nigropunctatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.


